All the World's a Stage

to freely show your emotions

to wear your heart on your sleeve

to wait for something in an anxious or excited way

to wait with bated breath

to be unable to say anything because you’re shy or nervous

to be tongue-tied

to dissapear completely

to vanish into thin air

fronsen

to knit your brows

what really happened will always be discovered

the truth will out

your own family

your own flesh and blood

phrase used when you want to explain a situation without going into too many details

the long and short of it

to hide so you will not be found

to lie low

to have a very generous nature

to have a heart of gold

to be back where you started after a lot of changes

to come full circle

the most important part

the be and end all

people can’t change their natural behavious/ personality

a leopard does not change its spots

you can do anything you want and go anywhere you like

the world is your oyster

a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time

a wild goose chase

whatever may happen

come what may

i don’t understand anything

it’s all Greek to me

my favourite person

the apple of my eye

when you are in love and you don’t see their faults

love is blind

verkouden worden

to catch a cold

someone who stays up late

a night owl

something may look better than it is

all that glitters is not gold

something was once in a much better state but now deteriorated

to have seen better days

it should have happened already

it’s high time that

punishment by beating hard and repeatedly

a beating

bordeel

a brothel

chance, accident

a coincidence

a peer

a contemporary

een gemeenteraad

a council

het hof

the court

aan het hof

at court

een kraai

a crow

daybreak

dawn

sunset

dusk

an annual religious celebration

a feast

a prodigy

a genius

a talent

someone’s genius

een handschoen

a glove

een schuldgevoel

a guilty conscience

a family

a household

an understanding

an insight

the common people

the masses

een bijnaam

a nickname

the aristocracy

the nobility

an excerpt

a passage

een hobby

a pastime

copying someone else’s work

plagiarism

de pest

the plague

een dramatist

a playwright

a possibility

a prospect

a false name

a pseudonyme

vastgoed

real eastate

information in a document

a record

a competition

a rivalry

een schipbreuk

a shipwreck

academic

scholar

elimination

suppression

een theatergezelschap

a theatre company

een grafsteen

a thombstone

a turn

a twist

a location

a venue

situation in which you grew up

an upbringing

a testament

a will

growing older

ag(e)ing

old

ancient

quick

brief

related to ancient Greek or Roman culture

classical

typical

classic

ordinary

common

extremely angry

furious

intellectual

highbrow

onebgrijpbaar

incomprehensible

probable

likely

full of energy

lively

second

latter

profitable

lucrative

infamous

notorious

assumed

presumed

important

prominant

appropriate

proper

bumpy

rough

big

substantial

despite

in spite of

all through

throughout

not loyal to your partner

unfaithful

to christen

to baptise

a christening

a baptism

to be neglected

to be overlooked for

to be recognised for

to be credited with

to declare

to claim

to deduce

to derive from

to dress up like someone else

to disguise

to cheer on, to stimulate

to encourage

to make sure

to ensure

to compliment

to flatter

to run away

to flee

to bet

to gamble

to grow

to increase

to decline

to decrease

to bing down

to overthrow